The Death of Hamlet: A Counterfactual Reading of Shakespeare
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/aaao671/
Author:
	Khan, Amir.
Type:
	Book Monograph
Year:
	2025
Publication Information:
	Abingdon: Routledge, 2025. xiv + 128
Series Statement:
	(Routledge Studies in Shakespeare.)
Annotation:
	Counters traditional assertions that interpret Hamlet's "delay as problem," building on W. W. Greg's argument and countering Stanley Cavell's. Juxtaposes Hamlet with Lu Xun's The True Story of Ah Q, a postcolonial novella. Turning to Julius Caesar, suggests "that Brutus is lost within a mythologized history that creates a false dichotomy between republican virtue and tyrannical monarchy." Suggests that Timon of Athens "showcases how and why the realities of social life under the specific parameters of surplus ... exchange tend to restrict Timon's, and hence our, ability to imagine alternative futures."
Language:
	English
Persons:
	Greg, W. W.; Cavell, Stanley; Xun, Lun
Keywords:
	theory
Tags:
	Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Timon of Athens
WSB Update:
	Fall 2025
WSB Record Number:
	aaao671